Ancient Egypt Created by Educational Technology Network. www.edtechnetwork.com 2009

Geography Culture Religion Treasured Artifacts 10 20 30 40 50 Government Culture Religion Treasured Artifacts 10 20 30 40 50

Geography 1 - 10 A landform that is created at the mouth of a river and provides fertile soil.

Geography 1 – 10 delta

Geogrpahy 1 - 20 The reason the Nile River could be difficult to navigate.

Geography 1 – 20 Cataracts or rapids

Geography 1 - 30 The name of the region closest to the Nile Delta.

Geography 1 – 30 Lower Egypt

Geography 1 - 40 Name two geographical features that enabled Egypt to successfully trade with other kingdoms.

Geography 1 – 40 Nile River, Mediterranean Sea, Nile Delta, oasis

Geography 1 - 50 Use three adjectives that accurately describe the Nile River.

Geography 1 – 50 Life-giving, long, dangerous, essential, important, significant, transportation-highway,

Government 2 - 10 The name of the leader or person in charge in ancient Egypt.

Government 2 – 10 Pharaoh

Government 2 - 20 The name of the period of time each pharaoh ruled.

Government 2– 20 Dynasty

Government 2 - 30 Describe how pharaohs ruled.

Government 2 – 30 Absolute power, God-king, all powerful

Government 2 - 40 Describe three different roles of the pharaohs.

Government 2 – 40 Military leader Religious ceremonies/leader Decided laws and taxes

Government 2 - 50 The name of the most powerful pharaoh who ruled during the New Kingdom.

Government – 50 Ramses the Great

Culture 3 - 10 The style of writing Egyptians invented is known as

Culture 3 – 10 Hieroglyphics

Culture 3 – 20 During the New Kingdom ________ increased because of the powerful rulers.

Culture 3 - 20 Trade, trade routes

Culture 3 – 30 Name three ancient Egyptian achievements.

Culture 3 – 30 Pyramids, calendar, hieroglyphs, mummification, art, temples,

Culture 3 - 40 Describe Egypt’s social pyramid from the top down.

Culture 3 – 40 Pharaoh Nobles, priests, government officials Scribes, craftsmen, artisans Peasants, servants, slaves

Culture 3 - 50 Describe three factors that contributed to Egypt’s success as a civilization.

Answer 3 – 50 Strong rulers – pharaohs Trade Geography – Nile River, delta, desert Social hierarchy Architects, engineers, astronomers

Religion 4 - 10 Egyptians believed strongly in the ________.

Religion 4 – 10 afterlife

Religion 4 - 20 The type of religion Egyptian’s practiced is ___________________.

Religion 4 – 20 polytheism

Religion 4 - 30 A synonym for the pharaoh that included his religious power is ________.

Religion 4 – 30 God-King

Religion 4 - 40 Egyptians believed in ____or a person’s life force.

Religion 4 – 40 Ka

Religion 4 - 50 Describe the type of people who were mummified and the reason for doing so.

Religion 4 – 50 Elite, upper class, pharaohs To ensure a prosperous afterlife, a safe journey

Treasured Artifacts 5 - 10 The name of the most famous Egyptian tomb ever discovered.

Treasured Artifacts 5 – 10 King Tut

Treasured Artifacts 5 - 20 The name of the archeologist who spent years looking for and finally discovered King Tut’s tomb.

Treasured Artifacts 5 – 20 Howard Carter

Treasured Artifacts 5 - 30 Describe why the Egyptian pyramids are an engineering marvel (great accomplishment).

Treasured Artifacts 5 – 30 They are aligned North, South, East and West They took upwards of 20 years to make They are massive structures that have survived 3,000 plus years

Treasured Artifacts 5 - 40 Describe the significance of the discovery of King Tut’s tomb.

Treasured Artifacts 5 – 40 It contained room after room of artifacts – over 2000 objects! King Tut’s mummified body was also found. 4 golden shrines, 3 coffins! No one believed it existed!

Treasured Artifacts 5 - 50 How did the Rosetta Stone help historians?

Treasured Artifacts 5 – 50 Broke the code of Egyptian hieroglyphs and allowed us to understand Egyptian society.